After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

Ye Laosi's family was in very poor condition. Ye Xunqing searched for a long time before he found half a bag of rice from a large wooden barrel with a lid.

"Is there any meat?" Ye Xunqing asked Ye Xunbai.

Ye Xunbai shook his head like a rattle, "No, we can only eat meat during festivals."

Ye Xunqing didn't expect this family to have much money. Selling his son to a bald old man as a wife for money showed how poor his family was.

According to Ye Xunbai, his family used to be rich because their brother's father Yang Shu was very good at managing the family and took good care of everything inside and outside the house. Moreover, Yang Shu was literate and he taught the children in the village to read and could collect tuition. Families that could not afford the money would also send some meat as tuition.

After Yang Shu's death, Ye Laosi's life became increasingly difficult. He lived a tight life taking care of those few acres of paddy fields.

"Just wait, brother will make you something delicious." Without the conditions, Ye Xunqing could only create the conditions to cook.

He went to the vegetable patch in front and plucked a few wilted cabbages. After returning, he washed them and put them in the pan to stir-fry. There wasn't much oil left, but he used little. When the cabbages were fried until fragrant, he poured in water, and the aroma of cooking wafted out.

"It smells so good!" Ye Xunbai couldn't help but stand up and look into the pot.

Ye Xunqing was afraid of burning him, so he asked him to step back a little.

After the cabbage was boiled, Ye Xunqing scooped a spoonful of cooked white rice from the pot next to it, put it into the pot, and added salt to taste. Without so many seasonings now, Ye Xunqing could only cook plain cabbage soup and rice.

Fortunately, vegetables and rice in this era are all natural and do not require much processing to bring out their fragrance.

"What a nice smell, what a nice smell!" Ye Xunbai wanted to get into the pot, "Brother, did you go to learn how to cook from the gods? Your cooking before was not fragrant at all."

Ye Xunqing smiled and said, "Yes, I went to the gods in heaven and they taught me how to cook, but it made my memory worse. But it doesn't matter, Xiaobai will always be my little brother, I will remember this firmly."

Ye Xunbai was very happy, "Brother will always be Xiaobai's brother!"

Ye Xunqing took a bowl without a cut in it for his brother, filled it with vegetable soup and rice, and then took out two pickled garlic cloves from the jar in the corner.

Ye Xunbai was a little hesitant to eat it, "This is what Second Mother pickled for Father and the others..."

"Eat, I'll take responsibility if anything happens." Ye Xunqing didn't care about that. He would eat whatever was available. Only when he was full would he have the strength to work. Since he wanted to support Ye Xunbai, he couldn't marry the old bald man. He had to find a way to make money.

When Ye Laosi and his men returned from work, they saw the two brothers eating at the door, each holding a bowl. Ye Laosi went up and whipped them, "You little bastards, who told you to eat first?"

Ye Xunqing reacted quickly. He hugged Ye Xunbai with one hand and slipped into the house.

Ye Xunbai said subconsciously: "Father, I don't dare anymore!"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Ye Xunqing finished the last mouthful of soup and rice and said, "If you're hungry, you have to eat. Only a fool wouldn't eat."

Ye Laosi raised the whip he used to drive the cattle and was about to hit him. Ye Xunqing raised his hand and grabbed the whip, saying, "Hit me in the face. If my face gets smashed, do you think that old bald man in the east of the village will admit it?"

Ye Xunqing is good-looking, otherwise he wouldn't be sold for six taels of silver. For an ordinary boy, it would be a great achievement to get two or three taels of silver. Even for a woman, it is rare to get six taels of silver.

Ye Laosi paused and cursed at the two brothers, but he did not use the whip again.

At this time, Ye Laosi's second wife Chen Jinhua came in. To be honest, she was not very good-looking, but she was a fertile woman and had given birth to two sons.

"You little beast, I'm working myself to death outside, but you two brothers are eating to your heart's content!" After saying that, Chen Jinhua was about to come over and pinch Ye Xunqing.

Although Ye Xunqing was a scoundrel, he was not without strength. Moreover, he had just eaten a full meal and now had plenty of strength. He pushed Chen Jinhua down with one push.

Ye Lao Si became even angrier, "I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing that Ye Xunbai had also taken advantage of the chaos to finish his food, Ye Xunqing threw the bowl on the table, picked up his brother and ran outside, without giving them a chance to fight.

Ye Laosi followed behind with a whip, but he was tired after a whole morning and had not eaten, so he naturally had no energy to run.

Ye Xunqing felt the joy of his legs running on the land. He ran faster and faster, and in a flash he ran across half of the village.

It was noon when they came back for lunch. The villagers saw Ye Xunqing running on the road with his brother in his arms, and they all automatically moved away.

"Oh my goodness, is this a zombie?" asked a barefoot man.

The younger man next to him said, "Father, don't look at it anymore. It will bring bad luck."

The woman next to them also said, "Yes, his eldest son fell into the river and drowned. A few years ago, Mr. Yang also died, and today the second son also jumped into the river. I wonder who will die tomorrow?"

The barefoot man broke into a mouthful, "Hey, let's go, let's go back and eat quickly."

Ye Xunqing ran a mile in one breath with his brother in his arms and was almost out of the village.

Ye Xunbai was so shaken that he almost vomited, "Brother, why did we have to run away?"

Ye Xunqing didn’t know either, he just didn’t want to be beaten.

"I'm out for a walk after eating." Ye Xunqing rubbed his stomach and said, "I ran too fast and my stomach hurts."

"Let me rub my brother." Ye Xunbai rubbed his brother's belly with his little hands.

Ye Xunqing found it quite interesting. He had been a younger brother for more than 20 years, and today he finally experienced what it was like to be an older brother.

"It's so hot." It was a hot day, and Ye Xunqing had been running for so long that he was already sweating. Seeing that there was no one around, he took off the sleeveless linen vest he was wearing.

Ye Xunbai was shocked and said, "Brother, we can't take it off. We are brothers and we can't take off our clothes in public."

Ye Xunqing hadn't fully adapted to his new identity yet, "Oh, okay, my brother is a little hot, I'll put it on later."

At this moment, a piece of clothing with a stronger smell of sweat was suddenly thrown over his head, and Ye Xunqing tried to pull it off several times but failed.

"Who is so lacking in public morality as to throw things around?" Ye Xunqing said angrily.

"You have clothes? Then why don't you put them on?" It was a man's voice, deep and pleasant.

Ye Xunqing took off his clothes and saw a man standing in front of him. The man's face was facing the other side and his body was naked. Judging from the exposed part, the man had a very good figure.

"Second Brother Heng." Ye Xunbai called out.

Feng Jingheng said, "Ye Xunqing, there are a lot of people coming and going here, so put on your clothes."

Ye Xunqing put on his own clothes, and then returned the other person's clothes to him, "Thank you."

He didn't know the young man, but judging from the way Ye Xunbai addressed him, they should know each other.